Entry level test for the ABB robotized line... How is it possible to get a COP> 1 (six or more) from a resistor?
I might be able do that with a standard alumina resistor and the Lugano IR Protocol. Maybe not a 6, but probably a 2 to 3 easily.
They are nice and rectangular and un-ribbed, so the math is easy. I think they fail before they glow, though.
Worth a try. I have a bunch, and they are cheap.
To be conservative, I might even ignore convection!
Some of those how wattage "sand" power resisters have a "backside" that is a different color (think emissivity) than the label side with the black marking. So if you use a control to compare outputs with the IR be sure you have them so different sides are up. 
This way? :
Some of those how wattage "sand" power resisters have a "backside" that is a different color (think emissivity) than the label side with the black marking. So if you use a control to compare outputs with the IR be sure you have them so different sides are up.
I guess I will buy some Aremco 634_AL anyways.
I can test for a difference in the apparent temperature on the resistor insert-fill side of the case to detect if emissivity varies significantly, though.
Thanks to Bang for posting this on the German thread. I put it here because in it, Essen....one the Swedes at Ferrara/Lugano, and a few 2011 tests, still believes Rossi has something. Even after Doral and the Stockholm IVA (DPS) he, and apparently all the others, stay loyal. That is very interesting. These are very smart people. To bad they refuse to explain why.
Thanks to Bang for posting this on the German thread. I put it here because in it, Essen....one the Swedes at Ferrara/Lugano, and a few 2011 tests, still believes Rossi has something. Even after Doral and the Stockholm IVA (DPS) he, and apparently all the others, stay loyal. That is very interesting. These are very smart people. To bad they refuse to explain why.
I do find this fairly odd.
Dr. Essen was apparently part or a "Skeptics Society". He of all people, should know the importance of transparency.
So he makes a comment that he still believes, but keeps absolutely silent to proper questions, asked by qualified people, in a proper forum. This seems extremely odd.
I am not accusing Dr. Essen of anything. I know literally nothing about him.
I just have to encourage him to come forth with his reasons! As a member of a "skeptics society", surely he must fully understand the importance of peer review.
To the Rossi faithful, I am not talking about him answering to this forum. But to those qualified and experienced individuals such as Dr. Mckubre. To my knowledge, none of the professors responded to ANY one, even after they stated they would.
Strange indeed.
I think COP 2 or 3 is enough.
Currently I'm very busy watching the video "How to Produce Heat Energy" before to give a look to QX demonstration (IVA) in Stockholm... with the aim to discover the Ecat secret.
Display MoreI do find this fairly odd.
Dr. Essen was apparently part or a "Skeptics Society". He of all people, should know the importance of transparency.
So he makes a comment that he still believes, but keeps absolutely silent to proper questions, asked by qualified people, in a proper forum. This seems extremely odd.
I am not accusing Dr. Essen of anything. I know literally nothing about him.
I just have to encourage him to come forth with his reasons! As a member of a "skeptics society", surely he must fully understand the importance of peer review.
To the Rossi faithful, I am not talking about him answering to this forum. But to those qualified and experienced individuals such as Dr. Mckubre. To my knowledge, none of the professors responded to ANY one, even after they stated they would.
Strange indeed.
There is no indication in this article that the questions asked of Essen were recent. The mention of a ground cable in the suggests that these are very old comments from Essen.
From the translation:
"A renowned scientist who does not want to imply that he is too good-faith. When asked in writing, Essén left no doubt that his colleagues and he had extensively reviewed the device and could not detect any manipulation.
For example, it would have been ruled out, according to the physicist, that additional energy would be fed into the system via the grounding cable, as critics later noted."
This way? :
Convinzing!
There is no indication in this article that the questions asked of Essen were recent. The mention of a ground cable in the suggests that these are very old comments from Essen.
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To clarify:
I posted that article with some comments, in German.
"In der (seriösen) deutschen Presse gibt es nur sehr selten Artikel über LENR/Kalte Fusion.
Am 14.05.2018 gab es mal wieder einen:"
-> In the (reputable) German press there are only very rare articles about LENR / Cold Fusion.
On 14.05.2018 there was again one:
"der Redakteur ist also nicht gerade auf dem neuesten Stand. [...]"
->The writer of that article is not up to date
"im Grunde nichts Neues und auch, meiner Meinung nach, nicht sehr gut recherchiert."
->basically nothing new and also, in my opinion, not very well researched.
That fits your and the others opinion.
As for the resistors, I will series up either two or four, and assemble them in a block, with the fill sides facing internal.
I may have to use higher resistance than 1 ohm resistors, because 1 ohm (2 or 4 ohms when assembled in a block) will be a bit low resistance by itself for the power supply.
Two resistors back-to-back will probably be best for surface area, or they will likely overheat too quickly to learn much.
I have a large selection of 10 W resistors, anyways.
Edit: Like so:
Thermocouple held on by Kanthal wire that also holds the resistors together, on the lead end. The other end has the resistor leads twisted for series connection and for holding the resistors together.
Sort of elegant...
The thermocouple is for comparison to the IR, and as a backup so I know at what temperature the resistors fail at (which they almost inevitably will, abused like this).
ABB baby robot practicing problem solving.
When it is fully trained it will help Rossi build E-kittens.
I guess Rossi builds his factory with cheaper ‘robots’: 
I am not accusing Dr. Essen of anything. I know literally nothing about him.
So I see. it is because Essen and friends are also replicators.
So I see. it is because Essen and friends are also replicators.
Essen and friends have replicated?
Rossi obviously left the Doral location, it is now used by a fashion company!
cheaper ‘robots
Lego and cheap
??? ...do you have children??? 
Resistor Test 1 completed. Resistor pair failure at 94 W in (includes power supply triac, etc. losses), just after the temperature stabilized.
Very uneven heat characterized by huge discrepancy between IR at E = 1.0 and thermocouple temp (data logged), and obvious during the glow period just before failure.
I can match the IR location to the TC better in future. However, data is data. Note the re-iterative (using Plot 1, Lugano report) temps climbing massively in the raw data sheet below.
The previous temperature was fed into the Plot 1, leading to the new temperature to the right, in brackets next to the respective emissivity setting.
It is hard to tell from the images, but the pair of resistors were suspended by the AC input wires, about 3.5 cm above the brick. The IR pyrometer was centered in the middle with a ~1 cm detection spot.
Amps and Watts by Kill-A-Watt. I haven't tried to reconcile the resistance yet with the nominal 16 ohms used.
About Essen skill in past measures...
QuoteDisplay MoreJuly 2011
Krivit: Have you done any calculations on the velocity at which the steam should have been coming out?
Essén: No, but many people have done that. I have seen their calculations.
Krivit: Are you aware that many people have calculated that the exit speed should be 50 to 100 km/h?
Essén: Sounds like a lot. No, I wasn’t aware of that. There was not a huge water flow going in, so, intuitively, it was consistent with the amount of steam coming out.
Krivit: People who have made the speed calculations have written that the speed coming out of a 10mm hose of that length should be really fast; it should have sound and momentum. It doesn’t seem like you saw anything like that.
Essén: So where did it go then?
Krivit: Probably down the hose into the drain.
Essén: Down the drain? There was no drain.
Krivit: Where was the hose going when you saw it?
Essén: In the room next to the E-Cat, going into a hole in the wall.
Essén: But the reason I don’t find the steam stuff so interesting is that [Giuseppe Levi of the University of Bologna] did his experiment, although he has not written a good report about it, and there was no steam generation – just the heating of water – and it was all consistent with our findings, which makes the whole steam issue uninteresting to me.
Krivit: Do you have confidence in Levi’s sub-boiling experiment just on his word alone, or have you seen any data?
Essén: The data are few, but mainly, the report is oral.
Krivit: Are you aware that the measurement device they used to check the steam quality was the wrong device?
Essén: The wrong device in what sense?
Krivit: It was a device used to measure humidity in air. It was not designed for or capable of measuring vapor content of steam.
Essén: I have no comment on that, but it would be sad.
Essén: When you are boiling water in a vertical column, there is a phase-transition going on. If you are above 100 degrees, which I hope was correctly measured, then it is essentially pure steam.
Krivit: Except if you have a little extra pressure.
Essén: Yeah, OK.
Krivit: Did you consider –
Essén: The hose is fairly long, so some extra pressure, yes, maybe, it wasn’t measured.
Krivit: So the back-pressure from the hose was not measured, the steam flow was not measured quantitatively, the wrong device was used to measure steam quality. Are you still sure this is not a mistake?
Essén: I find that possibility very remote: a few percent wrong, maybe, but not by an order of magnitude. I am very sure about that.
15 July 2011:
Krivit: What do you know about the calibration of the amount of steam coming out of Rossi’s device?
Essén: The steam amount was not measured. It was taken for granted that it all became steam.
Krivit: In either your experience or your efforts to inspect perpetual-motion claims, has anybody tried to claim anything on the basis of steam before?Essén: No, I can’t recall that. I’m new at steam, unfortunately.
Krivit: Do you have any training in steam quality or steam enthalpy?
Essén: Just general thermodynamics.
Krivit: For example, like knowing the 1,600 times expansion rate?
Essén: I’d come across that before. I was aware of that.
[Note: Essén wrote nothing about the steam expansion rate in his and Kullander’s April 3, 2011, trip report.]
Krivit: When you pulled the hose out of the wall and saw the steam, did you think about the expansion rate?
Essén: No, I must admit I was thinking that I must check that the water is not draining out. I had this vague feeling that the water inlet flow wasn’t that fast, that the steam could be consistent with it, especially after some condensation in the hose. But we should have looked more into that, obviously, but there was not enough time.When we came, the setup was already there. To make any further studies, it was not possible.
What a shame for someone claiming to be a scientist / physisist...he doesn't appear to be a serious experimentor.
What a shame for someone claiming to be a scientist / physisist...he doesn't appear to be a serious experimentor.
An unbelievably ignorant remark about a distinguished researcher. You would be better to say Krivit is a poor journalist pursuing his own agenda.
